A porcelain vase Viktor Mikhailovich Zhbanov, Lomonosov Porcelain Factory, Leningrad, circa 1970 globular, tapering to narrow opening, the surface with stylised snow-laden trees against dark ground; marked underside: Hand made USSR by Victor Mikhailovich Zhbanov height: 24.5cm (9 5/8in). Footnotes: Provenance Purchased at Harrods by the present owner's mother circa 1970 Viktor Mikhailovich Zhbanov (1920-1988) was a leading artist of the Lomonosov Porcelain Factory. His works are preserved at the State Hermitage Museum and other Russian museum collections. For other vases by this artist, please see Galina Agarkova and Nataliya Petrova, 250 Years of Lomonosov Porcelain Manufacture St. Petersburg 1744-1994, St. Petersburg, 1994, p. 205. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com